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<blockquote data-quote="Neversurfaced" data-source="post: 9418" data-attributes="member: 251"><p>In the interest of research I actually hit the track this weekend for my very first time. Actually, truth told I didn’t go out with the intention of riding the track - I went out to ride a closed course comp area used by D37 for a lot of their GPs to practice my cornering…. <img src="https://www.dirtbikeaddicts.com/static/images/smilies/ride.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":ride:" title="Ride :ride:" data-shortname=":ride:" /></p><p></p><p>I hit the trails and put in about 30 miles before heading back to the truck for a quick sandwich. It just so happened that I staged in the parking area for the track that was previously privately operated. Apparently the guy who operated the track defaulted on his lease and the State took it over so my regular $5 entry fee now covered the track as well. <img src="https://www.dirtbikeaddicts.com/static/images/smilies/thinking.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":thinking:" title="Thinking :thinking:" data-shortname=":thinking:" /></p><p></p><p>Given the discourse as of late I figured what the hell, might as well give it a go!</p><p></p><p>DISCLAIMER - According to the girl at the gate this is an “expert track” but I call BS – there were no triples or what I would consider to be big jumps, so I’m not sure how it could possibly be an ‘expert’ track…<img src="https://www.dirtbikeaddicts.com/static/images/smilies/noidea.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":noidea:" title="Noidea :noidea:" data-shortname=":noidea:" /></p><p></p><p>I managed to get in a full 3 laps and was actually feeling pretty good about myself. I had already warmed up on the trails so I wasn’t having any issues with arm pump or fatigue. I was enjoying riding the ‘loom’ (that’s what they call it, right?) in the corners which was a 1st for me (we don’t get too much of that in the desert). A few of the corners were flat and I was having a tough time judging the traction of the loom and ending up pulling a 180 in one of the corners and stalling out. </p><p></p><p>There weren’t too many guys out, maybe 15 or so, and I was happy to see that I was keeping pace with a good number of the guys sporting Metal Mullisha gear and bitchin’ looking MX graphics and numbers on my Dual-sport Husky TE450.</p><p></p><p>One thing I did have an issue with was my suspension and the two doubles on the track. There were jumps leading out of a lot of the coroners, and I ended up carrying a bit more speed into a few of them than I would have liked. The singles & tabletops were no problem (and actually pretty damn fun), but the first double about obliterated my nuts and ripped my head off my shoulders. Luckily this double was fairly obvious and I was able to avoid it on subsequent laps. The second double on the track was a different story.</p><p></p><p>For some reason this one kept sneaking up on me and I cased it hard twice on the first 3 laps. After the second nut-crusher I pulled off the track to collect myself and talk to a couple of guys that had a front row seat from the bleachers. I was hoping they had seen where my left testicle had landed since I couldn’t seem to locate it… <img src="https://www.dirtbikeaddicts.com/static/images/smilies/mmph.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":mmph:" title="mmph :mmph:" data-shortname=":mmph:" /></p><p></p><p>After some show & tell I headrd back out for some more laps. I re-entered the track right before the double that had just shutdown 50% of my baby-batter factory and BOOM! I landed hard and my bike started making an unholy clatter. Unfortunately this was a clatter I was all too familiar with and I realized that I had busted my chain. I gimped it off to the side of the track to find my chain wedged between my rear-sprocket & hub, my case-saver ripped off my case (along with the mounting posts) and what I thought was motor oil dripping from the case… </p><p></p><p><img src="http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r64/neversurfaced/case.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Needless to say this kind of screwed up my plans for the rest of the day…</p><p></p><p>Luckily, having broken down a mere 50 feet or so from my truck, I was able to change into my street clothes, enjoy the rest of my lunch, have a cold beer and push my broken steed over to the truck for the ride home…</p><p></p><p>Here are my thoughts on my first (and expensive) track session:</p><p></p><p>Like: Not having to wear a camelback or tool belt</p><p>Like: Being able to wheel my broken ass directly to the cooler</p><p>Like: Bathrooms with hot running water (REALLY??)</p><p>Like: Loom</p><p></p><p>Not So Much: Doubles and my complete failure to execute</p><p>Not So Much: Repetition – I could see this getting pretty boring 100 laps in…</p><p>Not So Much: “Your gear sure is purty mister…”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Neversurfaced, post: 9418, member: 251"] In the interest of research I actually hit the track this weekend for my very first time. Actually, truth told I didn’t go out with the intention of riding the track - I went out to ride a closed course comp area used by D37 for a lot of their GPs to practice my cornering…. :ride: I hit the trails and put in about 30 miles before heading back to the truck for a quick sandwich. It just so happened that I staged in the parking area for the track that was previously privately operated. Apparently the guy who operated the track defaulted on his lease and the State took it over so my regular $5 entry fee now covered the track as well. :thinking: Given the discourse as of late I figured what the hell, might as well give it a go! DISCLAIMER - According to the girl at the gate this is an “expert track” but I call BS – there were no triples or what I would consider to be big jumps, so I’m not sure how it could possibly be an ‘expert’ track…:noidea: I managed to get in a full 3 laps and was actually feeling pretty good about myself. I had already warmed up on the trails so I wasn’t having any issues with arm pump or fatigue. I was enjoying riding the ‘loom’ (that’s what they call it, right?) in the corners which was a 1st for me (we don’t get too much of that in the desert). A few of the corners were flat and I was having a tough time judging the traction of the loom and ending up pulling a 180 in one of the corners and stalling out. There weren’t too many guys out, maybe 15 or so, and I was happy to see that I was keeping pace with a good number of the guys sporting Metal Mullisha gear and bitchin’ looking MX graphics and numbers on my Dual-sport Husky TE450. One thing I did have an issue with was my suspension and the two doubles on the track. There were jumps leading out of a lot of the coroners, and I ended up carrying a bit more speed into a few of them than I would have liked. The singles & tabletops were no problem (and actually pretty damn fun), but the first double about obliterated my nuts and ripped my head off my shoulders. Luckily this double was fairly obvious and I was able to avoid it on subsequent laps. The second double on the track was a different story. For some reason this one kept sneaking up on me and I cased it hard twice on the first 3 laps. After the second nut-crusher I pulled off the track to collect myself and talk to a couple of guys that had a front row seat from the bleachers. I was hoping they had seen where my left testicle had landed since I couldn’t seem to locate it… :mmph: After some show & tell I headrd back out for some more laps. I re-entered the track right before the double that had just shutdown 50% of my baby-batter factory and BOOM! I landed hard and my bike started making an unholy clatter. Unfortunately this was a clatter I was all too familiar with and I realized that I had busted my chain. I gimped it off to the side of the track to find my chain wedged between my rear-sprocket & hub, my case-saver ripped off my case (along with the mounting posts) and what I thought was motor oil dripping from the case… [IMG]http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r64/neversurfaced/case.jpg[/IMG] Needless to say this kind of screwed up my plans for the rest of the day… Luckily, having broken down a mere 50 feet or so from my truck, I was able to change into my street clothes, enjoy the rest of my lunch, have a cold beer and push my broken steed over to the truck for the ride home… Here are my thoughts on my first (and expensive) track session: Like: Not having to wear a camelback or tool belt Like: Being able to wheel my broken ass directly to the cooler Like: Bathrooms with hot running water (REALLY??) Like: Loom Not So Much: Doubles and my complete failure to execute Not So Much: Repetition – I could see this getting pretty boring 100 laps in… Not So Much: “Your gear sure is purty mister…” [/QUOTE]
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